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Why Print MIS is helping to keep print shops efficient and effective
The prominence technology has achieved in the workplace is continually redefining the term "best practices." To keep up in an increasingly hyper-competitive business environment, organizations need to stay abreast of the newest innovations promising greater cost-effectiveness and productivity. For modern print shops, that means enlisting the services of print management information systems.
Print MIS is an all-encompassing, digital solution to help optimize workflow in any sized print shops. Whether an organization is handling a handful of big commercial orders or a slurry of smaller projects, Print MIS can assist:
Combining forces
Depending on the size of a particular shop, the number of operating printers may be significant. Print MIS allows facilities to corral unruly machines and organize them into one, unified fleet, making them far more manageable. Interconnecting printers allows the shop to gain a better control over print speed.
Tracking ongoing projects
With an entire fleet of printers aligned, shops can use the cumulative data to generate real-time reports, showing valuable information such as how many pages have been printed from a specific system, who was in charge of the operation, when the project took place, where did originated, and so on. The system insights allow for leadership to reevaluate their own processes, hopefully leading to more cost-effective practices.
Automation
Since the early crafting of the wheel, humanity has been building tools to help ease the burden of work. Print MIS is no different. Adopting the system allows printers to automate a number of the more laborious aspects of the printing process. An entire printer fleet can be monitored from a single computer; reports can be generated by the press of a button; things which might otherwise have taken multiple staff members can be done by a single person not exerting much effort.
